Divorce Countdown (Amelia and Julian) novel Chapter 9

Divorce Count Down Chapter 09

At this moment, she was certain that Julian hadn’t been at the company. Instead, he’d been taking care of the sick Elizabeth.

Thinking of Julian’s confident promise, she scoffed.

He couldn’t even spare half an hour for her.

“Julian, if you knew these hours were the last time I’d be with you, would you regret standing me up again?”

No one was around to answer her, and she no longer cared.

She skimmed the post before messaging Lewis on WhatsApp.

“Mr. Fitzroy, today is the last day of the waiting period. Do I need to visit the firm and complete the procedures?”

Lewis responded swiftly, “That won’t be necessary, Ms. Leighton. Since today is the last day of the waiting period, the whole process is now complete.

“Congratulations on your newfound singlehood.”

It felt like she’d been given a second shot at life.

From today onward, she no longer needed Julian’s love. She would flourish in her new life.

Thinking of this, she felt enlightened and turned to go home.

With three hours to go, she threw out the last of her belongings, then lay on the sofa alone, watching the sunset.

At the two-hour mark, she took out her laptop and edited the photos she had taken today into a video.

At the final hour, she completed the montage. After watching it once, she turned the camera toward herself and pressed record.

She wanted to record a farewell letter she had written to Julian.

Finally, the video was complete. She put the memory card back into the camera, then took out the divorce agreement and placed it on the bedroom nightstand.

“Dear Julian, from this moment on, we are officially divorced. Congratulations to both of us.”

After doing all this, she picked up her last suitcase and left the house, leaving the city altogether.

No one knew where she was going, but she left decisively without turning back.

Meanwhile, Julian didn’t leave Elizabeth’s house until she had almost fully recovered.

He drove while calling Amelia, wanting to keep his previous promise.

But after making more than ten calls, he kept getting directed to voicemail, and his texts were left unanswered.

In their three years of marriage, it was the first time Julian could not reach her.

Watching scene after scene, Julian seemed to return to the carefree youth of six years ago.

Thinking back to that time, and how Amelia had annoyed him relentlessly back then, he smiled.

The music ended, but the video still had one minute left.

He thought it was a secret surprise and looked around, but Amelia did not appear.

Full of questions, he pressed play again.

After a few black frames, Amelia’s face appeared in the center of the screen.

Seeing her red eyes and tired face, Julian suddenly felt a sense of unease.

“Julian, this is our tenth year knowing each other, and also my tenth year of secretly loving you. It’s hard to believe, right? I’ve loved you for an entire decade. Honestly, I’m pretty surprised too. How many decades do we get in a lifetime, after all?

“In the past ten years, I spent seven crushing on you, and three as your wife. I wanted to be the person you loved, and I gave my all. But life doesn’t always go as we wish, does it? You never liked me. Even another three, seven, or ten years wouldn’t change that fact.

“So on this memorable day, I made the important decision to let go of this obsession and also accept your devotion to Lizzie. So when you watch this video, I have something to tell you.

“Julian, we are officially divorced.

“A month ago, we both signed the papers. We are free from this marriage. I’m leaving, so don’t bother looking for me. I wish you and Elizabeth happiness, and I wish a bold, carefree life for myself too.”